- 1. [Shop-talk] john deere lawn tractors? (score: 1)
- Author: scott.hall@comcast.net
- Date: Sat, 03 May 2008 21:54:55 +0000
- my wife went off her meds recently and took it upon herself to purchase for us a spanking new john deere lawn tractor from the local deere dealer. $2,800. that does not include tool-time heidi coming
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- 2. Re: [Shop-talk] john deere lawn tractors? (score: 1)
- Author: "fred thomas" <frede.thomas2@verizon.net>
- Date: Sat, 03 May 2008 18:03:57 -0400
- I had a neighbor a few years back that bought a Volvo, kept it for 20 years was very proud of the fact it had over 200,000 miles on it and still running strong, but the service shop bills over 20 yea
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- 3. Re: [Shop-talk] john deere lawn tractors? (score: 1)
- Author: Wayne <wmc_st@xxiii.com>
- Date: Sat, 03 May 2008 18:12:00 -0400
- "Up the Voltage" -Wb _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html Shop-talk mailing list http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/shop-talk http://ww
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- 4. Re: [Shop-talk] john deere lawn tractors? (score: 1)
- Author: John Mitchell <jmitch@snet.net>
- Date: Sat, 03 May 2008 18:28:17 -0400
- I wouldn't care what brand she bought, as long as she's the one using it:) John _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html Shop-talk mailing list
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- 5. Re: [Shop-talk] john deere lawn tractors? (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Wehland <mattw@webtripper.com>
- Date: Sat, 03 May 2008 19:43:54 -0400
- For that kind of coin I'd be looking at a used professional ZTR. How much land do you have to mow? Is it hydrostatic? While I will drive a cheap (used, beat up) gear mower, if I was to spend real mon
- /html/shop-talk/2008-05/msg00044.html (8,278 bytes)
- 6. Re: [Shop-talk] john deere lawn tractors? (score: 1)
- Author: scott.hall@comcast.net
- Date: Sun, 04 May 2008 00:07:46 +0000
- it is a hydrostatic, we've got 3 acres, and I'd have gotten a new ztr from the big-box for less. _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html Shop-
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- 7. Re: [Shop-talk] john deere lawn tractors? (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill Gingerich" <bill@gingerich.us>
- Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 22:31:28 -0500
- Here's my take on JD and others. I bought a used 1999 JD 345 from a Deere dealer in 2005. I had 3 acres of grass in southern Minnesota. I paid $3200 for it. It had about 600 hours on it when I bough
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- 8. Re: [Shop-talk] john deere lawn tractors? (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Andy <mark@sccaprepared.com>
- Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 23:55:34 -0400 (EDT)
- You're complaining because your wife bought tools? I dunno about any of that, but if I was using the thing to mow the grass, I'd take it back and go get a zero turn mower for about the same money. I
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- 9. Re: [Shop-talk] john deere lawn tractors? (score: 1)
- Author: Paul Parkanzky <parkanzky@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 10:46:11 -0400
- I just bought a new Zero Turn at Home Depot yesterday. I didn't see a 48" green option for $2800. I did see that for $3600. I bought the 50" Cub Cadet for $3k. I had a really hard time trying to deci
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- 10. Re: [Shop-talk] john deere lawn tractors? (score: 1)
- Author: scott.hall@comcast.net
- Date: Sun, 04 May 2008 18:26:47 +0000
- that's exactly where I'm at--yes, my wife bought a tool. but it's a tool I'd rather never use ($2800 will buy a lot of lawn service) and now that we have it it's going to be that much harder to avoid
- /html/shop-talk/2008-05/msg00050.html (8,984 bytes)
- 11. Re: [Shop-talk] john deere lawn tractors? (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Parkanzky" <parkanzky@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 15:37:12 -0400
- I would have loved to get a lawn service instead of the mower, but we were quoted $1200-1250/season for a service. That was above our tipping point for buying the zero turn. -Paul ___________________
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- 12. Re: [Shop-talk] john deere lawn tractors? (score: 1)
- Author: Steve Shipley <shiples@comcast.net>
- Date: Sun, 04 May 2008 14:20:39 -0700
- I'm on my way out to mow a couple of urban lawns. In my world, they're building an additional 4 units in the back yards of 1000sqft houses and it's feeling a bit crowded around here. The city isn't a
- /html/shop-talk/2008-05/msg00052.html (9,021 bytes)
- 13. Re: [Shop-talk] john deere lawn tractors? (score: 1)
- Author: "Steve Hammatt Mount Vernon WA USA" <gsteve@hammatt.com>
- Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 14:31:47 -0700
- I am about to mow my pasture (1-1/4 acre max) and usually takes me around 70 minutes if the grass level isn't too high. I use a JD 176 with 45" mulching deck. Gotta go now........before it rains agai
- /html/shop-talk/2008-05/msg00053.html (9,987 bytes)
- 14. Re: [Shop-talk] john deere lawn tractors? (score: 1)
- Author: Pat <Pat@HorneSystemsTx.com>
- Date: Sun, 04 May 2008 19:47:31 -0500
- I mow about 5 acres of lawn, meadow and orchard with a John Deere STX46. It takes me about 5 hours, including trimming around the trees, so about 4 hours on the rider. If I let the grass get too tall
- /html/shop-talk/2008-05/msg00055.html (10,234 bytes)
- 15. Re: [Shop-talk] john deere lawn tractors? (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Andy <mark@sccaprepared.com>
- Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 22:07:52 -0400 (EDT)
- About an hour longer than you have at any one time. Mark _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html Shop-talk mailing list http://autox.team.net
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- 16. Re: [Shop-talk] john deere lawn tractors? (score: 1)
- Author: scott.hall@comcast.net
- Date: Mon, 05 May 2008 03:57:52 +0000
- my new yard (3 acres, mostly grass) is actually quicker than the old 1/2 acre or so--it's a big flat rectangle with a house in the middle. I bet 90 minutes, maybe 2 hours with the blower and some tri
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- 17. Re: [Shop-talk] john deere lawn tractors? (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Rabel <brabel@dlux.net>
- Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 17:33:28 -0700
- I just spent the weekend with my JD 38" mower. One feature that really clicked when I bought it was that all the steering linkage is cadplated. Absolutely no rust in about eight years. Unfortunately,
- /html/shop-talk/2008-05/msg00069.html (9,364 bytes)
- 18. Re: [Shop-talk] john deere lawn tractors? (score: 1)
- Author: Pat <Pat@HorneSystemsTx.com>
- Date: Mon, 05 May 2008 19:47:06 -0500
- I also had spindles go out on my STX-46 The belt pulleys came loose from the spindle, eating up the pulley and the shaft. After picking up the new ones I welded the pulley nut to the pulley so it wo
- /html/shop-talk/2008-05/msg00070.html (10,854 bytes)
- 19. Re: [Shop-talk] john deere lawn tractors? (score: 1)
- Author: Donald H Locker <dhlocker@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 05 May 2008 21:00:53 -0400
- Back when I had money and a [teeny] bit of land I owned a Gravely walk-behind with a 42 inch deck. Never a hiccough, all lube points readily identifiable, easy to drive and maintain. Only problem I e
- /html/shop-talk/2008-05/msg00071.html (9,263 bytes)
- 20. Re: [Shop-talk] john deere lawn tractors? (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Mele" <paul.mele@usermail.com>
- Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 12:37:14 -0400
- <<I will add a cupholder this season...>> How about an oil can holder on the other side...you sip coffee, engine sips oil? PM _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://w
- /html/shop-talk/2008-05/msg00089.html (8,080 bytes)
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